Synopsis

In this chilling and inventive documentary, executive produced by Errol Morris (The Fog Of War) and Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man), the filmmakers examine a Country where death squad leaders are celebrated as heroes, challenging them to reenact their real-life mass-killings in the style of the American movies they love. The hallucinatory result is a cinematic fever dream, an unsettling journey deep into the imaginations of mass-murderers and the shockingly banal regime of corruption and impunity they inhabit. Shaking audiences at the 2012 Toronto and Telluride Film Festivals and winning an Audience Award at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival, The Act of Killing is an unprecedented film.

Reviews

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Henry Plant

Brilliant. The trailer makes the film out to be more violent than it is. My girlfriend missed out on this one due to a trailer that scared more than it educated about the actual contents on the film. People are people...even when we murder each other.

Aaron Cavanaugh

Above Average Hi, This is a good movie. I had a couple thoughts while watching this movie. One is that the country ended up becoming communist (i.e. a country run by gangsters) although they don't call themselves that. Two is that sincerity can cast out demons. See the last scene. Thanks. God bless. Aaron